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Who wrote the Odyssey?
Episode 2586
The Odyssey is one of the most celebrated stories ever told, recounting the tale of Greek hero Odysseus’s 10-year journey home from the Trojan War. I…
19 hours ago
1966: The World Cup that changed a nation
Episode 2585
The England men’s football team has missed out on the opportunity to replicate the nation’s much-heralded victory back in the 1966 World Cup, still o…
2 days, 19 hours ago
How Rome really conquered Britain
Episode 2584
What if the Roman invasion and occupation of Britain was more complicated than we might think? Ferdinand Addis reveals how it really happened. Speaki…
4 days, 19 hours ago
Edward Colston: life of the week
Episode 2583
Edward Colston was a philanthropist and slave trader in the 17th and 18th centuries. He is infamous today for the fact that a statue of him was pulle…
5 days, 19 hours ago
Was Elizabeth Báthory really a serial killer?
Episode 2582
Elizabeth Báthory is history's most prolific female serial killer and took pleasure in bathing in the blood of virgins... or so the story goes. In th…
6 days, 19 hours ago
What did the American Revolution really achieve?
Episode 2581
How revolutionary was the American Revolution, and how far do 18th-century arguments about liberty and property still shape US politics today? In the…
1 week ago
The captain's wife who took command
Episode 2580
In the middle of the 19th century, the world's fastest ships raced across oceans carrying cargo, and the fortunes of ambitious young sea captains. In…
1 week, 2 days ago
What could you eat in Georgian London?
Episode 2579
Much of what was eaten by inhabitants of Georgian London is, perhaps surprisingly, familiar to us today. In this episode, Peter Ross takes Lauren Goo…
1 week, 4 days ago
Pablo Picasso: life of the week
Episode 2578
From his birth in 1881 to his death in 1973, Pablo Picasso lived a life as revolutionary as his art. A child prodigy who transformed modern art, his …
1 week, 5 days ago
When football became a weapon of the Cold War
Episode 2577
The Cold War cast a shadow over all aspects of life – including the world's favourite sport. All sides of the ideological divide used football to sco…
1 week, 6 days ago